#4. Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi
He's 60, a Nobel prize–winning novelist, a knight and the onetime victim
of a fatwa. She's 37, a model, a cookbook author and the host of a foodie
reality show. Despite residing at opposite ends of the cultural spectrum,
the two Indian expats managed a much-talked-about eight-year relationship.
When they announced their divorce in July, all hopes for the very special
"Satanic Verses" episode of Top Chef were dashed.